Dear Friends of the Art Complex Museum,
The Trustees of the Art Complex Museum have decided to close the museum to the public until June 2021 and to reopen with a celebration of the museum’s 50th Anniversary. This extended closure is intended to promote the health and safety of the staff, volunteers, visitors, visual artists, educators, performers, and other members of the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Museum will be using this extended closure to implement a number of projects to enhance the visitor experience and upgrade the facilities to lay the groundwork for the Art Complex Museum’s next fifty years.
On behalf of the Trustees and staff of the Art Complex Museum, we send you our best, wish you well, and look forward to keeping in touch through our digital presence until our doors open again.
Charles Weyerhaeuser
Museum Director
We are currently presenting our first online exhibition, Evvy Eisen - Holocaust Survivors, The Multiply by Six Million Project. The exhibition is hosted by Exhibit Envoy and may be accessed from May 1 through June 12, through our homepage at www.artcomplex.org. #artcomplexmuseum #evvyeisen #exhibitenvoy #USHMM
The landscape near our bridge will go from grass to ferns. Here the grass is being rolled up for removal. #g2_collaborative #artcomplexmuseum #museum #projects #improvements #design #engineering #behindthescenes #MuseumFromHome #50thanniversary #acmat50
Our bridge is finished and the landscape work around it is underway. #g2_collaborative #artcomplexmuseum #museum #projects #improvements #design #engineering #behindthescenes #MuseumFromHome #50thanniversary #acmat50
Lots happening !
Happy Belated National Textiles Day! This colorful embroidered tapestry (kesi) known as “the Pink Lady,” was a favorite of museum co-founder Edith Weyerhaeuser. The textile depicts He Xiangu (Immortal Woman He), the only female deity among the Eight Immortal figures in Daoism.
She is described as a morally pure, ideal daughter, and a selfless seeker of spiritual freedom. Legend states that she was the daughter of a seventh-century shopkeeper and became a fairy after eating a supernatural peach. As a deity, she assists in home management. We could all use a little help in that department! 🍑🍑
Empress Textile of He Xiangu, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), China, silk, paint, metallic thread, 2008.08
#APAHM #NationalTextileDay #TextileArt #ArtComplexMuseum #HeXiangu #FemaleDeity #Daoism #HomeManagement
We are currently presenting our first online exhibition, Evvy Eisen - Holocaust Survivors, The Multiply by Six Million Project. The exhibition is hosted by Exhibit Envoy and may be accessed from May 1 through June 12, through our homepage at www.artcomplex.org. #artcomplexmuseum #evvyeisen #exhibitenvoy #USHMM
Redbuds and Serviceberries being set out along the property line across from the Judah Alden Studio. #g2_collaborative #artcomplexmuseum #museum #projects #improvements #design #engineering #behindthescenes #MuseumFromHome #50thanniversary #acmat50
Some of the Eastern Redbuds being put in place along what will soon be our new woodland path. #g2_collaborative #artcomplexmuseum #museum #projects #improvements #design #engineering #behindthescenes #MuseumFromHome #50thanniversary #acmat50
Happy May Day! American Artist Charles Burchfield painted more trees in his work than any other element of the landscape. Whether they were fantastic or realistic, they stood as tall, majestic monuments to a divine presence. The artist wrote in his journal in 1935, "The spirit that comes through these trees is both of me and my creator."
Thought to have synesthesia, a neurological condition that results in a “crossing of the senses,” Burchfield heard music while simultaneously seeing swirls or patterns of color that he integrated into his works, earning him the designation as one of America’s most original watercolorists.
In New England the trees wake up from their long winter’s nap when the weather gets warm and the days get longer providing more exposure to the sun. Unlike other areas of the country, northeast trees are more careful when it comes to blooming. Why? Because they know that old man winter doesn’t always go away quietly. It often snows in April and for that reason, most northeast trees tend to be late blooming. 🌳🌳
Young Elm, 1937, Charles Burchfield, American (1893-1967), watercolor and pencil, 78.05
#ElmTree #CharlesBurchfield #AmericanArt #Spring #MayDay #NewEnglandNature #Nature #Watercolor #ArtComplexMuseum
We are currently presenting our first online exhibition, Evvy Eisen - Holocaust Survivors, The Multiply by Six Million Project. The exhibition is hosted by Exhibit Envoy and may be accessed from May 1 through June 12, through our homepage at www.artcomplex.org.
#artcomplexmuseum #evvyeisen #exhibitenvoy #USHMM
🌱🌲🌸 A few of our favorite things... Redbuds and Tupelo for our newly designed landscape.
This place is going to look very different in a few weeks.
#g2_collaborative #artcomplexmuseum #museum #projects #improvements #design #engineering #behindthescenes #MuseumFromHome #50thanniversary #acmat50
